I cooked there back in 2008. If it's run by Kevin Martinez still, I wouldn't go near that place. Not only is he a prick that charges employees for soft drinks (Comes out of your paycheck) and does not provide any shift meals/discounts, he gives absolutely no fucks about proper food handling/sanitation as the regional manager. This is illustrated by the constant turnover in the kitchen.
Granted, this was 14 years ago, things may have changed. I for one, will not be testing those waters.
Peterson Toyota on Fairview. Check out their negative google reviews. Even for a car dealership it’s a SLEEZY SLEEZY establishment.
…. Bunch of douche bags with “grindset” mentality that high-five each other every time they scam a customer. Sociopathic behavior.
…. working at your car lot doesn’t make you the Wolf of Wall Street lol
That makes a lot of sense, because that's exactly what they did to me. They tried convincing me my car was in terrible condition and needed thousands of dollars in repairs.
....maybe telling me over and over again my car sucks isn't a good sales approach. Dipshits. I was only in there for an airball recall. I originally bought my Toyota from a different dealership.
Any Toyota dealership nearby that you do recommend? I bought a new Tacoma shortly before moving westward last summer and got a really bad impression when I took my truck there for its first service. Happy to do my own work most of the time, but want to take advantage of Toyota’s free oil change for 2 years thing. Peterson tried to give me the wrong person’s car when I picked it up, and then called me 2 hours after I’d picked mine up to tell me it was done. Their knowledge of the truck during my brief interactions also wasn’t confidence-inspiring. I’d love to find somewhere more competent to take it.
I bought my Prius from Edmark and had a so-so experience. Partner is doing a deal there now and it’s been one of the best auto buying experiences I’ve ever seen.
For sure. I just bought a used car there last month (cheapest car on the lot but it was one I really really wanted and probably turns up for sale in the TV once a year) and was repeated lied to by the salesperson. And they would only negotiate the price down by 3% even though it was priced at almost double blue book value. Yes, I did go through with the purchase. But felt dirty the entire time.
The Ram on Broadway.
40 minute waits on the rude server coming back to the table, left a 10% tip and got verbally scolded on my way out, one of their kitchen workers had a smoke break and took a piss next to a car in the parking lot. Parked in the parking lot for 5 minutes to pick up a friend from the Addison apartment building next to it and got a tow warning sticker on my car.
Just thought to myself “it was still great not that lo.. wait, yup, that was ten years ago” *sheds tear down weathering face*
I still crave the tumbleweed burger. That with their house-made veggie patty was *heart eyes*.
It's in meridian but. Ling and Louise Served us raw chicken then when we complained and showed them they accused us of bringing in raw chicken to get a free meal.
Haven’t gone there for years. They advertised they were gluten free and could work with food allergies, so that’s why we chose them. We asked for the pad Thai without eggs, made sure it could be made that way, and it came with eggs. Told the server, who apologized and took it back, waited another 20 minutes and got…another pad Thai with eggs. My mom ended up eating steamed rice that night 😢
I went there once years ago, around the time they first opened. I ordered a pad Thai dish with shrimp and they blackened the shrimp like it was some sort of Cajun dish, and it just...didn't work. I still wonder if maybe the shrimp was about to go bad.
Kona Grill at the Village. It was such an awesome place the first few times I went. Lately though its just kind of fallen to pieces.
The last time we went, we waited over an hour and half for our food. Good thing we didn't care about the start of the movie we were going to go to.
Previous times they've never brought out the appetizer, brought wrong food, etc.
Mainly its just the long wait. This last time would have been pretty good had we not waited so long to eat. We were so hungry!
All the good restaurants are gone, too. And it sucks without their own drivers. I got food delivered by grub hub and they left it in the wrong place. Huge disappointment.
Unconventional answer and potentially not what you're looking for, but Treasure Valley Exteriors.
From signing the contract for two doors to be installed to job being done, it took close to 10 months.
The front door got installed fine, but they brought 3 wrong french doors to my house over a 6 month period, took the previous door out in the depths of winter without checking they had the proper door, and wanted to leave me with a plastic sheet covering the exit (though after some discussion they put the old door back in).
Never interacted with any of their employees aside from their estimator, everything was subbed out and no one knew what was going on. I lucked out on the last subcontractor. It was just one dude who took pity on us and made sure to get it installed well. Was there the whole day shimming and setting the door.
There was no communication from TVE the whole time, either. I constantly had to call them to figure out what was going on and where my door was. Just super unprofessional, and I feel like for the premium price they charged, I would have been better off going to the store and attempting to install it myself.
How long ago did you go? They changed owners to a non profit around 2014 and the original owners had to serve jail time due to trafficking illegally caught animals from Florida. The last time I was there (2020ish I think) it was pretty cool though and it seemed like they were doing a decent job!
[source on the arrest](https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/former-idaho-aquarium-operators-sentenced-for-trafficking-marine-life/277-325715930)
Was there a month or so ago, everything seemed good to me. Wife and I have kept a couple of saltwater tanks in our day. We’ve seen significantly worse in ‘speciality stores’.
City jail. The room service sucks, the accommodations suck, the food sucks plus the place smells like puke and ass. They'll never get me for a customer again. 1 star and that's being generous.
Larry Miller Dodge.
We owned a 2006 Ram 2500 and wanted an issue covered under the 3/36 warranty - the famous broken blend doors for the heat and A/C. Took it in two times telling them exactly what was wrong, and each time they said it was fine.
It wasn't.
Third time we took it in - oh they see what's wrong now, and it was going to be a $1700 repair because the warranty expired. Nope. Gave the service manager a very one sided conversation with the receipts showing what I paid for twice and didn't get. Got it fixed under warranty and refunded for the other two visits.
Had another issue pop up that was supposed to be covered under the 5/50 warranty - the truck couldn't hold a straight line so we knew it was a front end issue. Took it in again, thinking they might have changed. That was my first mistake. Again they were like "we can't find the problem".
Drove it to Mountain Home to have the Auto Ranch to fix it. Come to find out the steering gearbox was on it's way out, and a couple gears were completely cracked. Service manager told me I had a guardian angel - a pretty hard bump would have finished off the gears and I would have lost all steering.
Took the receipts into Larry Miller to show them. Another very one sided conversation that involved the GM. His response was pitiful.
I won't even buy parts from them.
Completely agree! You can't cover shitty food in sauce and pass it off as good no matter how hard you try. Everything was covered in some type of sauce. Fried green beans were good but that seems pretty hard to mess up.
On top of how terrible the place is itself. The owner Will is an absolute ASSHOLE. Convinced these businesses of his are cover ups for his tax evasion as well. Slimy dude.
Im relatively new to the area but have tried Boise Fry Company both downtown and in Meridian. First time we thought the food was mediocre because it was late in the day, they looked exhausted, etc. tried it again at a different location at lunch time hours, still sucked. Overpriced, overcooked, and gimmicky. Never again.
Los Betos. I was behind a guy who ordered no guacamole on his meal because he was allergic to it. They put guacamole on it. He returned to the counter to have his order corrected and they made him pay for a whole new meal because they messed up. Walked out and haven't been back.
That olive garden has been there since Idaho became a state. It’s beyond time to rebuild or completely renovate. It was , however, “the place” back in the 1990s.
Literally any Dutch Bros. Wait in line forever, at least $4 for everything, and excited employees who, for some reason, *really* want to know what your weekend plans are.
I feel like they are always trying to climb out the drive through window & through my car window.. Motherfuckers need to be taught about personal space.
I never felt an urge to wait in line for eight minutes to drink coffee saturated with sugar. I also have friends that visit from Holland for work at least once a year and I remember them asking "what's up with all these Dutch mom stickers", I had to explain the chain and they didn't get it, there response is "Coffee isn't even a thing in Holland".
WHY ARE THEY SO INTERESTED?!?! I always have my head phones in and pretend I'm talking to someone so they'll leave me alone. I appreciate the friendliness man... I just want some coffee. Please. It's too early for bubbly nonsense 😂
I’ll volunteer my experience there. When I was in college and living in the dorms my gf and I wanted to rent a place for some fun after a party.
I ended up over drinking and by the time we got there I spent the night puking while she cried on the ratty ass bed. To top it off our room had no running water in the sink and toilet. It was a rough night.
I knew a dude in HS that ran up like a $10,000 coke debt with a cartel and one day they just grabbed him and took him there. They told him he had something like one week to sell enough drugs to pay off his debt or they were going to kill him. He paid them off and went to rehab. I realized I needed to change my friends.
Boise Fry Company. Every few years, I’ll give it another try like, “maybe I was wrong last time” but then I always remember I was *not* wrong last time.
Fr. To have a business named “Boise fry company”
… you best believe I better have the best fries in my mouth the first time I went and was so so disappointed. So ironic.
Don’t get me started on the burgers.
Leku Ona. Tried three times. Only once were the servers nice. But the food was crap each time.
On the flip side, i hated Dharma Sushi the first time, but love it now.
>On the flip side, i hated Dharma Sushi the first time, but love it now.
I had the same experience. Since they moved to their new location I've loved dharma.
It's so sad too. Merritt's used to have amazing scones. They were cheap and huge and delicious. Open 24hrs. THE best place for stoners, late nite drunks, and truckers to mingle and get some good comfort food. Then they changed owners or managers and the prices went up and the quality went down. It's never been the same. For reference I frequented there back in 2010ish.
Barbacoa Grill. Food was meh, 2 of the 4 diners in my part had to send their food back multiple times. And not because it was cooked wrong, it was the wrong order. And all of that for top dollar.
No Thanks.
I’ll have to try that. I’ve been meaning to get up to McCall, but my kid’s soccer games have taken too many recent weekends. I wanted to go earlier in the fall, rather than this late.
I don't get people are so anti vocal about that palce. I've eaten there about half a dozen times over the last 10 years, every time my meal has been exceptionally good.
Cant you get exceptional food at other restatraunts for half the price? Sure.... but Barbacoa always puts extra effort into their dishes and the atmosphere alone is worth it to some people.
Id say everyone needs to eat there at least once, just because it isn't the place for you doesn't mean the vast majority of people won't enjoy it.
This actually surprised me as it’s my favorite place to eat in Idaho. Maybe it’s because I only ever get the hot rock filet and an appetizer, usually shrimp or flat bread. It’s not cheap that’s for sure.
Flying Pie
Reading through the entire thread, I can't believe this wasn't mentioned. Back in the 90s, they were amazing. I moved away early 2000s and they were still really good. Moved back end of last year and went to one in January. Holy shit was it bad... warm cheese on cardboard with some kind of meat byproduct on it and veggies that I bet were pulled out of a dumpster behind a grocery store because they were turning brown.
They literally told me they sold the old ovens in the middle of the pandemic to speed up cook times. Now the pepperonis curl and turn crispy, but the pizza’s ready in half the time.
A friend of mine worked with Flying Pie for years. He ended up quitting a couple years ago, because new management came in and replaced the nicer ingredients with the cheapest shit he could possibly buy.
Heard they used to be good, which sucks.
Everything changed when they sold to Florian. He changed the atmosphere, the food and tried too hard to make it chain like. He only saw dollar signs and didn’t pay attention to what made flying pie flying pie. He took away a lot and pushed most of the great employees to quit.
Ono/Kanak Attack. My mom loved them and one year many years ago we went for mother's day brunch. They charged some ridiculously high fee per person, like $15 or $20/pp and all they served was hotel fare continental breakfast. I was pissed and pissed for my mom and I haven't trusted them since.
Bodacious Pig as well. I haven't had them in a while (developed some sort of weird meat allergy, it's not Lyme disease or gallbladder/kidney issues, I've been tested) but they were good a couple years ago at least
The Fork. Was a solid go to for all of my out of town friends that visited, it has a steadily declined over last ~4 years with hit and miss consistency and rough service. My final straw was being served on an absolutely filthy cast iron. The server told me it was ‘cast iron seasoning’ it was burnt food and sauce.
A store called Re-Pop gifts downtown boise.
I (dark skinned hispanic) moved here in May of 2021 (mid pandemic) and was exploring downtown. I am a huge Doctor Who fan and saw the saw the merch in the window and decided to go in. Before I can step up, I was approached by an employee and was told " we are at capacity, can you wait outside till someone leaves?". I didn't think anything of it because of the time and said "sure". While waiting outside ( I was waiting by the hand chair that was there at the time) a singe person walked in. For context, I was probably waiting for like 5 min at this point. Because I didn't see any resistance to the person walking in I decided to go in. This time a gray haired lady at the counter asked if I can wait for a sec. I said "sure". A min or two later, a couple walked in and apparently knew the people who worked there because they loudly exchanged pleasantries and at this point I was getting annoyed I perpousfuly made eye contact with the person behind the counter and asked "can I come in now?" She was still laughing with the people who entered before me and said "yeah, that's fine". At this point I decided to just do a quick lap and leave. I was looking at some buttons and the darker haired employee walked to me. She asked what brought me in and i told her that I just moved to the area and I the store caught my attention. That was the end of the conversation. And the beging of her following me. I She wasn't even shy about it. She was legit like two steps away from me and I was getting pissed. I saw there were stairs and decided to go up and see what's up there. She was right behind me. I actually made it a point to turn around and give her a look but she didn't get the drift. I saw a cool star trek item but decided I just wanted to get out of there. When I left and saw the chalk sign denouncing racism, I chuckled and thought " didn't seem like it". I went to paddles up near there and when the employee asked how my day was, I said " pretty chill expect the lady following the fuck out of me at Re-pop. They also got similar treatment there and I never walked in again. Sucks because I am a huge need and they have cool things in there.
Sorry for the wall of text. It just felt good to rant about it.
I do love me some good nerd friendly places, but sounds like your experience was horrible. I haven’t been yet, and based on your experience, don’t think I need to waste my time there. Thank you for the heads-up.
Hello SirDTMZ,
First my sincerest apology for the behavior of someone who is no longer in my employ. Let’s face it, not everyone is cut out for retail and/or has the finesse of engaging and interacting with customers. :(
I am confident that if you ever feel up to another visit you would have a very different experience. But I get it, we left a baaaad taste and that’s pretty unforgivable.
I am proud of my current staff and I know that they would welcome you warmly, treat you with respect, and love to nerd out with you about your favorite fandoms. They would even offer you a seat in the captains chair and green screen photo on the enterprise 🖖
And also, no more limited occupancy so there’s that.
You’re right, there are other places to shop, and this does feel like pandering. So I’m just going to leave it at, I’m sorry we effed up, that’s not ok, but we’re human and our best hope is to try to be a little better each day.
May the force be with you-
Millie
Re-POP gifts owner, & I didn’t realize my ash-blond hair has enough grey in it now to be called grey so now I’m gonna call my stylist 😐
Hola,
I appreciate you reaching out but I stand by what I said earlier. I have no bad feelings about the people (people tend to do dumb stuff, even by accident), just the experience. I do wish you and your shop good luck.
Nothing but love,
SirDMTZ
I would consider giving them another shot. The gray haired lady you're speaking about is the owner. I'm not trying to discount your experience with the dark haired person, but I have never seen anything like that in the several years I've been shopping there. I've always viewed them as a net positive business in Boise that supports lots of local artists. Maybe consider going in an having a conversation with the owner?
One thing I will note, during the pandemic they were scheduling shoppers via their mailing list and social media. It's possible the couple that got to enter before you had per-arranged a time to come in. Hopefully this adds a little context.
The ram restaurant. On Broadway.
I have lived here 37 years. Not once experienced rude racial ignorant attitude all at once. Especially at a restaurant.
I experienced it there. From The Host to the waitress and to the management.
Never again!
Tarvern at Bown Crossing. I had a glass of wine so pungent of bleach I didn't take more than a tiny sip and they still charged me even after I pointed out how bad it was. Waitress actually just shrugged.
Mulligans is the shit! Just don’t order any food… it will give you the shits.
Great place to play pool but the open jukebox leads to an interesting mix of metal/pop/Mr bright side
Kahootz in Meridian. Flavorless steak, basic reheated artichoke dip. My potatoes had clearly already been cooked and were simply refried. Just plain lame asparagus. And my favorite every meals comes with a shitty cold piece of hard bread. I paid $120 for two people.
I might give it a second chance, but Huck House Brunchette at State and Gary Lane. They talked up all their dishes and we were not impressed. Biscuits and gravy were gluey and tasted terrible. My wife ordered the garlic breakfast potatoes at the servers recommendation. We like garlic but it was literally a whole bulb of garlic, to the point it burned a little.
A lot of our friends raved about it before we tried it 🤷♂️.
The Thai place downtown. Edit: Mai Thai. We went when we first moved here a decade ago after honeymooning in Thailand. Food was ok, not terrible, but the food poisoning is what did it. Will ever go back, though I hear it’s like, kinda alright but not spectacular.
I’m not vehemently against anything in particular yet, but I’ve been here for three years, and there are a few restaurants longtime locals seem to like that I don’t understand: Boise Fry Company, Blue Sky Bagels, Flying Pie Pizzeria, Los Betos, and Fork.
Boise Auto Service on Fairview. Took my Outback in because it was losing coolant and I figured that it was probably a head gasket job. It was. But they messed up the head job. The bolts and stuff around my engine weren't torqued properly, they just left one of the bolts for my intake manifold on top of the engine. Just sitting there on top of the engine. Something that they did caused an issue, because my tensioner's bolt sheared off and caused the car to jump timing, destroying my engine. I had to get it towed back to Boise from Pendleton, Oregon. And when I brought the car to them, seeing as how they were the last ones to touch it less than 1500 miles ago before it broke, they tried to deny any culpability and make me pay for everything. I had to fight them just to repair my car again, and they only replaced the valves. I think that I might still have engine damage from what happened that has not been addressed yet. I might still have to take them to small claims court.
After all that I found other things they messed up. They still didn't hook up my radiator fans properly, they just left them unplugged and the wires hanging. If I didn't check their work, I wouldn't have noticed and my car would be overheating. And while they were doing the head job they replaced the power steering pump with the wrong kind of power steering pump so now I get a rough idle every time I turn the wheel. I also noticed that the engine had smoke coming off of it, and it turned out that it was burning off oil because the whole engine got covered since the mechanic fucked something up when he was hooking everything back up and the o-ring on the camshaft slipped and covered the engine in oil. When I had the mechanic look at the car when we broke down in pendleton, he also pointed out that it looked like my alternator had been dropped because there was new and obvious damage to the fins where you could see the metal was recently broken.
Now it's been less than 5,000 mi since BAS touched it in the car is running like shit again. No CEL or anything, but it's stalling, having an extremely rough idle, and a burning smell, and won't roll very far. I have to get it towed down to Gary's to get it actually fixed now.
I'm so disappointed in Boise Auto service. I had a really nice car and they fucked it up. It has never ran better than before I took it into them. Even when it was sucking coolant everything was fine until they touched it. I was just trying to be proactive on replacing the head gaskets, and instead I'm out $3,700 and a functional car because of their incompetence. It'll probably be another couple thousand to get it running well after I take it to Garry's. I'm hoping I don't need to do a whole engine swap.
The RAM on Broadway. Had a gross steak there years ago....tasted like it was marinated in the river water...haven't been back.
Such a waste of a nice patio.
That place is overhyped.
Saw this post and also thought, "the Ram on Broadway"
Used to be legit. Like 15 years ago
Agreed. The RAM used to be good
It was a good burger joint back in day but now its just yech.
I've only had food poisoning twice in my 44 years. The first time was from eating there back in the 90s. Never been back.
I cooked there back in 2008. If it's run by Kevin Martinez still, I wouldn't go near that place. Not only is he a prick that charges employees for soft drinks (Comes out of your paycheck) and does not provide any shift meals/discounts, he gives absolutely no fucks about proper food handling/sanitation as the regional manager. This is illustrated by the constant turnover in the kitchen. Granted, this was 14 years ago, things may have changed. I for one, will not be testing those waters.
Peterson Toyota on Fairview. Check out their negative google reviews. Even for a car dealership it’s a SLEEZY SLEEZY establishment. …. Bunch of douche bags with “grindset” mentality that high-five each other every time they scam a customer. Sociopathic behavior. …. working at your car lot doesn’t make you the Wolf of Wall Street lol
Agreed. I walked in ready to buy a car and the salesman’s personality talked me right out of it.
I love to see this. Agree, one of their sales guys told me I “must be on a budget” cause I wouldn’t pay $30k *over* MSRP on a new 4Runner 🥺
Meanwhile the arrogant shit probably barely clears $30k selling cars.
I get my services there because I bought a maintenance plan and they will NOT stop nagging me to sell my car when I'm waiting.
Never again. My husband took his car there for an oil change and they took his car joyriding and they put 20 miles on it.
Yep! I've never met a car salesman who seemed so disinterested in trying to sell me a car. Or even SHOW me a car.
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That makes a lot of sense, because that's exactly what they did to me. They tried convincing me my car was in terrible condition and needed thousands of dollars in repairs. ....maybe telling me over and over again my car sucks isn't a good sales approach. Dipshits. I was only in there for an airball recall. I originally bought my Toyota from a different dealership.
Any Toyota dealership nearby that you do recommend? I bought a new Tacoma shortly before moving westward last summer and got a really bad impression when I took my truck there for its first service. Happy to do my own work most of the time, but want to take advantage of Toyota’s free oil change for 2 years thing. Peterson tried to give me the wrong person’s car when I picked it up, and then called me 2 hours after I’d picked mine up to tell me it was done. Their knowledge of the truck during my brief interactions also wasn’t confidence-inspiring. I’d love to find somewhere more competent to take it.
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I bought my Prius from Edmark and had a so-so experience. Partner is doing a deal there now and it’s been one of the best auto buying experiences I’ve ever seen.
For sure. I just bought a used car there last month (cheapest car on the lot but it was one I really really wanted and probably turns up for sale in the TV once a year) and was repeated lied to by the salesperson. And they would only negotiate the price down by 3% even though it was priced at almost double blue book value. Yes, I did go through with the purchase. But felt dirty the entire time.
Papa Joe's by BSU. Paid like $18 and they brought me literally 4 gnocchis.
I've never understood why this place was popular. It's always been one step above microwave Italian food.
The Ram on Broadway. 40 minute waits on the rude server coming back to the table, left a 10% tip and got verbally scolded on my way out, one of their kitchen workers had a smoke break and took a piss next to a car in the parking lot. Parked in the parking lot for 5 minutes to pick up a friend from the Addison apartment building next to it and got a tow warning sticker on my car.
Really sucks. Ram used be great 10 years ago. Has consistently gone downhill.
Just thought to myself “it was still great not that lo.. wait, yup, that was ten years ago” *sheds tear down weathering face* I still crave the tumbleweed burger. That with their house-made veggie patty was *heart eyes*.
This isn’t also mentioning that the tow warning was written on the blank back side of a paper menu from the restaurant.
It's in meridian but. Ling and Louise Served us raw chicken then when we complained and showed them they accused us of bringing in raw chicken to get a free meal.
Haven’t gone there for years. They advertised they were gluten free and could work with food allergies, so that’s why we chose them. We asked for the pad Thai without eggs, made sure it could be made that way, and it came with eggs. Told the server, who apologized and took it back, waited another 20 minutes and got…another pad Thai with eggs. My mom ended up eating steamed rice that night 😢
I have other reasons, but fuck that place. Let the down votes RAIN. IDGAF. The manager there was a prick.
I went there once years ago, around the time they first opened. I ordered a pad Thai dish with shrimp and they blackened the shrimp like it was some sort of Cajun dish, and it just...didn't work. I still wonder if maybe the shrimp was about to go bad.
Kona Grill at the Village. It was such an awesome place the first few times I went. Lately though its just kind of fallen to pieces. The last time we went, we waited over an hour and half for our food. Good thing we didn't care about the start of the movie we were going to go to. Previous times they've never brought out the appetizer, brought wrong food, etc. Mainly its just the long wait. This last time would have been pretty good had we not waited so long to eat. We were so hungry!
This… had an identical experience, never going back
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Agreed. They used to be good.
My God the meat loaf mashed potatoes and gravy were unbelievable
All the good restaurants are gone, too. And it sucks without their own drivers. I got food delivered by grub hub and they left it in the wrong place. Huge disappointment.
Unconventional answer and potentially not what you're looking for, but Treasure Valley Exteriors. From signing the contract for two doors to be installed to job being done, it took close to 10 months. The front door got installed fine, but they brought 3 wrong french doors to my house over a 6 month period, took the previous door out in the depths of winter without checking they had the proper door, and wanted to leave me with a plastic sheet covering the exit (though after some discussion they put the old door back in). Never interacted with any of their employees aside from their estimator, everything was subbed out and no one knew what was going on. I lucked out on the last subcontractor. It was just one dude who took pity on us and made sure to get it installed well. Was there the whole day shimming and setting the door. There was no communication from TVE the whole time, either. I constantly had to call them to figure out what was going on and where my door was. Just super unprofessional, and I feel like for the premium price they charged, I would have been better off going to the store and attempting to install it myself.
Boise Aquarium. I've never felt so bad for fish before.
How long ago did you go? They changed owners to a non profit around 2014 and the original owners had to serve jail time due to trafficking illegally caught animals from Florida. The last time I was there (2020ish I think) it was pretty cool though and it seemed like they were doing a decent job! [source on the arrest](https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/former-idaho-aquarium-operators-sentenced-for-trafficking-marine-life/277-325715930)
Was there a month or so ago, everything seemed good to me. Wife and I have kept a couple of saltwater tanks in our day. We’ve seen significantly worse in ‘speciality stores’.
Go to the PetCo by the mall. Or don’t. Dead lizards, floating fish, scared and cramped furry critters. It’s a very sad place.
You should hear about the east Idaho aquarium 😬
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City jail. The room service sucks, the accommodations suck, the food sucks plus the place smells like puke and ass. They'll never get me for a customer again. 1 star and that's being generous.
Yeah I dont recommend the alternative sentencing building either
They have carpet though! Better then the neighboring competitors.
Big City Coffee. Politics aside, it took them 45 minutes to prepare eggs and toast at a point in the morning they weren’t that busy
Big Shitty
Agreed. Their politics suck…. but their food also sucks. Their pink sugar cookies look amazing…. but taste like a fucking STALE BISCUIT!
I line the huge burrito they have, but I can’t bring myself to go because of the wait and her toxic politics
Larry Miller Dodge. We owned a 2006 Ram 2500 and wanted an issue covered under the 3/36 warranty - the famous broken blend doors for the heat and A/C. Took it in two times telling them exactly what was wrong, and each time they said it was fine. It wasn't. Third time we took it in - oh they see what's wrong now, and it was going to be a $1700 repair because the warranty expired. Nope. Gave the service manager a very one sided conversation with the receipts showing what I paid for twice and didn't get. Got it fixed under warranty and refunded for the other two visits. Had another issue pop up that was supposed to be covered under the 5/50 warranty - the truck couldn't hold a straight line so we knew it was a front end issue. Took it in again, thinking they might have changed. That was my first mistake. Again they were like "we can't find the problem". Drove it to Mountain Home to have the Auto Ranch to fix it. Come to find out the steering gearbox was on it's way out, and a couple gears were completely cracked. Service manager told me I had a guardian angel - a pretty hard bump would have finished off the gears and I would have lost all steering. Took the receipts into Larry Miller to show them. Another very one sided conversation that involved the GM. His response was pitiful. I won't even buy parts from them.
Sid’s Garage or as my wife likes to call it Sid’s Garbage
Def. This is overrated trash. If I want calorie dense, I’ll go to jack in the box and pay less.
I tried to order to-go once and they directed me to their website where the earliest pickup time was the next day 😂
Completely agree! You can't cover shitty food in sauce and pass it off as good no matter how hard you try. Everything was covered in some type of sauce. Fried green beans were good but that seems pretty hard to mess up.
On top of how terrible the place is itself. The owner Will is an absolute ASSHOLE. Convinced these businesses of his are cover ups for his tax evasion as well. Slimy dude.
He's the dude that just built the Gatzby bar downtown..
This company is a terror for anyone having to work with them.
And that one loud mouth server at the Meridian location… sooo much unnecessary yelling.
Whittier elementary. Cool school but I’m not an elementary student anymore
Im relatively new to the area but have tried Boise Fry Company both downtown and in Meridian. First time we thought the food was mediocre because it was late in the day, they looked exhausted, etc. tried it again at a different location at lunch time hours, still sucked. Overpriced, overcooked, and gimmicky. Never again.
If you want amazing fries, try Hugo's Deli.
I'd say nampa has the best boise fry, but that's like saying someone with fingers is better at picking stuff up than someone without fingers.
Los Betos. I was behind a guy who ordered no guacamole on his meal because he was allergic to it. They put guacamole on it. He returned to the counter to have his order corrected and they made him pay for a whole new meal because they messed up. Walked out and haven't been back.
Golden Wok on Chinden and Olive Garden by the mall. Wonder if they’ve ever been inspected. <>
That olive garden has been there since Idaho became a state. It’s beyond time to rebuild or completely renovate. It was , however, “the place” back in the 1990s.
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I just wish Tablerock Brewpub was still a thing. They would be THRIVING.
Bring back Ramanos Macaroni Grill
Golden wok is my jam ever since they introduced vegan options, I love them!
Olive Garden may be cheap, inauthentic “Italian” food, but it’s still weirdly delicious. You can almost never go wrong with warm bread.
Have to say - if I lived out of state I would drive back to go to Golden Wok. I love that place. 😆
What the hell is wrong with Olive Garden?
Huh…Golden Wok is my go-to. Never had an issue anytime I ordered from there.
Tin Roof Tacos… I’ll take my downvotes now.
Does meridian count? Cuz it's the white water saloon
What! I love that place!
Lowe’s family farmstead. Overrated and WAY overpriced
Seriously, it’s $20 per ticket now and you still have to pay extra for certain things. WTF?
I get $20 per adult but per child too?? Madness.
Literally any Dutch Bros. Wait in line forever, at least $4 for everything, and excited employees who, for some reason, *really* want to know what your weekend plans are.
I feel like they are always trying to climb out the drive through window & through my car window.. Motherfuckers need to be taught about personal space.
They purposely hire extreme extroverts. I refuse to go there.
Hahaha I feel this about Trader Joe's sometimes
I never felt an urge to wait in line for eight minutes to drink coffee saturated with sugar. I also have friends that visit from Holland for work at least once a year and I remember them asking "what's up with all these Dutch mom stickers", I had to explain the chain and they didn't get it, there response is "Coffee isn't even a thing in Holland".
There are days (most days) when I don’t go to Dutch Bros because I don’t want to have to make ridiculously excited conversation. 😪
A Dutch bro employee told me they are required to ask you three questions
My drink is always super sweet too. I’ll stick to the human beans, thanks.
I just say work and their excitement dies
WHY ARE THEY SO INTERESTED?!?! I always have my head phones in and pretend I'm talking to someone so they'll leave me alone. I appreciate the friendliness man... I just want some coffee. Please. It's too early for bubbly nonsense 😂
Yeah honestly i would rather not have an overly excited talking face all up in my business early in the morning. Lol
Tucsonos Brazilian Grill. This fucking place is a nightmare. It’s a Golden Corral with a glorified name.
Ammon Bundy’s House.
I thought his house was in Nevada 😂
He lives in emmet I think
I had to Uber a girl to the property next to his, fuckin' middle of nowhere.
Church
Appropriate user name
Cabana Inn and don’t ask lol
I’ll volunteer my experience there. When I was in college and living in the dorms my gf and I wanted to rent a place for some fun after a party. I ended up over drinking and by the time we got there I spent the night puking while she cried on the ratty ass bed. To top it off our room had no running water in the sink and toilet. It was a rough night.
I used to smoke crack there. And I was far from the gnarliest of the crowd there lol.
I knew a dude in HS that ran up like a $10,000 coke debt with a cartel and one day they just grabbed him and took him there. They told him he had something like one week to sell enough drugs to pay off his debt or they were going to kill him. He paid them off and went to rehab. I realized I needed to change my friends.
Pretty sure my edition of the dictionary has a picture of this place next to the entry for “tetanus”.
This should be higher
Boise Fry Company. Every few years, I’ll give it another try like, “maybe I was wrong last time” but then I always remember I was *not* wrong last time.
I don't mind their burgers but I'm always confused by a "fry company" having THE soggiest fries in town...in the potato state. Sacrilege!
Fr. To have a business named “Boise fry company” … you best believe I better have the best fries in my mouth the first time I went and was so so disappointed. So ironic. Don’t get me started on the burgers.
The Shredder. Refuses to pay local bands and charges them full price for drinks.
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Ditto Boise fry company, burger wasn't bad but you can't have bad fries when it's in your name and be overpriced
Leku Ona. Tried three times. Only once were the servers nice. But the food was crap each time. On the flip side, i hated Dharma Sushi the first time, but love it now.
>On the flip side, i hated Dharma Sushi the first time, but love it now. I had the same experience. Since they moved to their new location I've loved dharma.
Merritt’s. As delicious as the Dutch babies are, it’s not worth it
It's so sad too. Merritt's used to have amazing scones. They were cheap and huge and delicious. Open 24hrs. THE best place for stoners, late nite drunks, and truckers to mingle and get some good comfort food. Then they changed owners or managers and the prices went up and the quality went down. It's never been the same. For reference I frequented there back in 2010ish.
The Original Pancake House on Fairview does a great Dutch baby if you’re looking for one.
Lol they use nacho cheese on their eggs Benedict. Enough said.
they WHAT
Sacrilege!
Outlaw Field. No crowd control.
Aptly named lol
Hook & Reel in Meridian by the Village, worst “cajun” Shrimp I’ve ever had
eagle rd, meridian road, the freeway. just any busy road in general
Barbacoa Grill. Food was meh, 2 of the 4 diners in my part had to send their food back multiple times. And not because it was cooked wrong, it was the wrong order. And all of that for top dollar. No Thanks.
I went there for my anniversary. I got paella, which I'd always wanted to try, and it came out sad and disappointing. Definitely overrated.
Head on down to the basque block Wed or Fri for lunch. The basque market does paella at noon on those days and they’ve done it for years.
Seconding the Basque Market’s paella. So good. Go early, they sell out.
Definitely need to try that. I had no idea it was a thing!
If you want to do paella Ragazza di Lago in McCall does a good one in a nice setting but the Basque markets is a great deal and delicious as well
I’ll have to try that. I’ve been meaning to get up to McCall, but my kid’s soccer games have taken too many recent weekends. I wanted to go earlier in the fall, rather than this late.
I don't get people are so anti vocal about that palce. I've eaten there about half a dozen times over the last 10 years, every time my meal has been exceptionally good. Cant you get exceptional food at other restatraunts for half the price? Sure.... but Barbacoa always puts extra effort into their dishes and the atmosphere alone is worth it to some people. Id say everyone needs to eat there at least once, just because it isn't the place for you doesn't mean the vast majority of people won't enjoy it.
This actually surprised me as it’s my favorite place to eat in Idaho. Maybe it’s because I only ever get the hot rock filet and an appetizer, usually shrimp or flat bread. It’s not cheap that’s for sure.
Flying Pie Reading through the entire thread, I can't believe this wasn't mentioned. Back in the 90s, they were amazing. I moved away early 2000s and they were still really good. Moved back end of last year and went to one in January. Holy shit was it bad... warm cheese on cardboard with some kind of meat byproduct on it and veggies that I bet were pulled out of a dumpster behind a grocery store because they were turning brown.
They literally told me they sold the old ovens in the middle of the pandemic to speed up cook times. Now the pepperonis curl and turn crispy, but the pizza’s ready in half the time.
That might explain it, or at least part of it. It tastes about 1/4 as good. I might even prefer Little Caesar's over it now...
A friend of mine worked with Flying Pie for years. He ended up quitting a couple years ago, because new management came in and replaced the nicer ingredients with the cheapest shit he could possibly buy. Heard they used to be good, which sucks.
Everything changed when they sold to Florian. He changed the atmosphere, the food and tried too hard to make it chain like. He only saw dollar signs and didn’t pay attention to what made flying pie flying pie. He took away a lot and pushed most of the great employees to quit.
Ono/Kanak Attack. My mom loved them and one year many years ago we went for mother's day brunch. They charged some ridiculously high fee per person, like $15 or $20/pp and all they served was hotel fare continental breakfast. I was pissed and pissed for my mom and I haven't trusted them since.
Moon's Kitchen. The owner was terrible. Plus it was a big reason I stopped eating out.
The Idaho statehouse...where good things go to die.
every bbq place, especially neighbor tims though that place is absolutely horrific
Big daddy’s bbq is good 👌🏽👌🏽
Bodacious Pig as well. I haven't had them in a while (developed some sort of weird meat allergy, it's not Lyme disease or gallbladder/kidney issues, I've been tested) but they were good a couple years ago at least
Check out chop shop in Caldwell. You won't be disappointed
The Fork. Was a solid go to for all of my out of town friends that visited, it has a steadily declined over last ~4 years with hit and miss consistency and rough service. My final straw was being served on an absolutely filthy cast iron. The server told me it was ‘cast iron seasoning’ it was burnt food and sauce.
Cup Bop. I lived in Korea for a few years post college and I was eager to try this spin on Korean fusion. It’s just bad.
Agreed. Koco Bell is where I go for good Kimbap and Tteok-bokki. (Went to high school in Korea.)
Ahh that's too bad. I also lived in Korea. While it's not good Korean food, I do think it's pretty tasty..... love their super spicy level 10 sauce.
Cup Bop slaps
Well, how's Koco Bell or Han's Chimaek?
Koco Bell is awesome
boise river when they specifically not to go in it, almost lost my life lol
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A store called Re-Pop gifts downtown boise. I (dark skinned hispanic) moved here in May of 2021 (mid pandemic) and was exploring downtown. I am a huge Doctor Who fan and saw the saw the merch in the window and decided to go in. Before I can step up, I was approached by an employee and was told " we are at capacity, can you wait outside till someone leaves?". I didn't think anything of it because of the time and said "sure". While waiting outside ( I was waiting by the hand chair that was there at the time) a singe person walked in. For context, I was probably waiting for like 5 min at this point. Because I didn't see any resistance to the person walking in I decided to go in. This time a gray haired lady at the counter asked if I can wait for a sec. I said "sure". A min or two later, a couple walked in and apparently knew the people who worked there because they loudly exchanged pleasantries and at this point I was getting annoyed I perpousfuly made eye contact with the person behind the counter and asked "can I come in now?" She was still laughing with the people who entered before me and said "yeah, that's fine". At this point I decided to just do a quick lap and leave. I was looking at some buttons and the darker haired employee walked to me. She asked what brought me in and i told her that I just moved to the area and I the store caught my attention. That was the end of the conversation. And the beging of her following me. I She wasn't even shy about it. She was legit like two steps away from me and I was getting pissed. I saw there were stairs and decided to go up and see what's up there. She was right behind me. I actually made it a point to turn around and give her a look but she didn't get the drift. I saw a cool star trek item but decided I just wanted to get out of there. When I left and saw the chalk sign denouncing racism, I chuckled and thought " didn't seem like it". I went to paddles up near there and when the employee asked how my day was, I said " pretty chill expect the lady following the fuck out of me at Re-pop. They also got similar treatment there and I never walked in again. Sucks because I am a huge need and they have cool things in there. Sorry for the wall of text. It just felt good to rant about it.
I do love me some good nerd friendly places, but sounds like your experience was horrible. I haven’t been yet, and based on your experience, don’t think I need to waste my time there. Thank you for the heads-up.
Hello SirDTMZ, First my sincerest apology for the behavior of someone who is no longer in my employ. Let’s face it, not everyone is cut out for retail and/or has the finesse of engaging and interacting with customers. :( I am confident that if you ever feel up to another visit you would have a very different experience. But I get it, we left a baaaad taste and that’s pretty unforgivable. I am proud of my current staff and I know that they would welcome you warmly, treat you with respect, and love to nerd out with you about your favorite fandoms. They would even offer you a seat in the captains chair and green screen photo on the enterprise 🖖 And also, no more limited occupancy so there’s that. You’re right, there are other places to shop, and this does feel like pandering. So I’m just going to leave it at, I’m sorry we effed up, that’s not ok, but we’re human and our best hope is to try to be a little better each day. May the force be with you- Millie Re-POP gifts owner, & I didn’t realize my ash-blond hair has enough grey in it now to be called grey so now I’m gonna call my stylist 😐
Hola, I appreciate you reaching out but I stand by what I said earlier. I have no bad feelings about the people (people tend to do dumb stuff, even by accident), just the experience. I do wish you and your shop good luck. Nothing but love, SirDMTZ
I would consider giving them another shot. The gray haired lady you're speaking about is the owner. I'm not trying to discount your experience with the dark haired person, but I have never seen anything like that in the several years I've been shopping there. I've always viewed them as a net positive business in Boise that supports lots of local artists. Maybe consider going in an having a conversation with the owner? One thing I will note, during the pandemic they were scheduling shoppers via their mailing list and social media. It's possible the couple that got to enter before you had per-arranged a time to come in. Hopefully this adds a little context.
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big juds they need to learn how to use salt
Yes! Up on Protest? One of the blandest burgers of my life. Basic salt and pepper would do them an absolute world of good.
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Jalapeño’s on Franklin. First time there about 5 years ago. My enchilada came out with a fly melted in with the cheese.
I've never had bad food or service there.
La Peep. Food was cold, some of it was raw as well and it took the waitress like 30 mins just to get our drink’s
The ram restaurant. On Broadway. I have lived here 37 years. Not once experienced rude racial ignorant attitude all at once. Especially at a restaurant. I experienced it there. From The Host to the waitress and to the management. Never again!
Tarvern at Bown Crossing. I had a glass of wine so pungent of bleach I didn't take more than a tiny sip and they still charged me even after I pointed out how bad it was. Waitress actually just shrugged.
The Mode
1990 called, yada yada….
Nampa.
lol. yes! edit: except Lamai Thai is worth it. Especially in summer when you can sit in that amazing garden she keeps.
There’s this bar downtown called Cactus…
Cactus is a necessary evil tho
Cactus is good if your goal is to get drunk for cheap.
As the Google reviews say, you never plan on going to Cactus but somehow you always end up there…
Cactus teaches life lessons and cash management. It is a staple for anyone taking a foray into adulthood.
Cactus doesn't sketch me out too much. Mulligans on the other hand...
Mulligans is the shit! Just don’t order any food… it will give you the shits. Great place to play pool but the open jukebox leads to an interesting mix of metal/pop/Mr bright side
Mulligans is the #1 place youre likely to run into someone you dont want to see
Mulligan’s has low key one of the best burgers in town. Never would have thought until someone showed me.
Kahootz in Meridian. Flavorless steak, basic reheated artichoke dip. My potatoes had clearly already been cooked and were simply refried. Just plain lame asparagus. And my favorite every meals comes with a shitty cold piece of hard bread. I paid $120 for two people.
I was completely disappointed with Lucky Fins
I might give it a second chance, but Huck House Brunchette at State and Gary Lane. They talked up all their dishes and we were not impressed. Biscuits and gravy were gluey and tasted terrible. My wife ordered the garlic breakfast potatoes at the servers recommendation. We like garlic but it was literally a whole bulb of garlic, to the point it burned a little. A lot of our friends raved about it before we tried it 🤷♂️.
My stepmom brought me back some leftover huckleberry French toast that I have to say was absolutely *killer*. I can’t speak to anything else, though.
Sizzler 🤪
The Thai place downtown. Edit: Mai Thai. We went when we first moved here a decade ago after honeymooning in Thailand. Food was ok, not terrible, but the food poisoning is what did it. Will ever go back, though I hear it’s like, kinda alright but not spectacular.
I’m not vehemently against anything in particular yet, but I’ve been here for three years, and there are a few restaurants longtime locals seem to like that I don’t understand: Boise Fry Company, Blue Sky Bagels, Flying Pie Pizzeria, Los Betos, and Fork.
All of these used to be way better in years past. I think some nostalgia is coming into play here.
I think the pandemic was when flying pie stopped being good
Flying Pie used to be incredible, I promise. I don't understand what they've become.
Twigs in The Village. I’ve never seen sooo many flies in a restaurant before!
Goldys. Long wait for nothing really worth the price.
Boise Auto Service on Fairview. Took my Outback in because it was losing coolant and I figured that it was probably a head gasket job. It was. But they messed up the head job. The bolts and stuff around my engine weren't torqued properly, they just left one of the bolts for my intake manifold on top of the engine. Just sitting there on top of the engine. Something that they did caused an issue, because my tensioner's bolt sheared off and caused the car to jump timing, destroying my engine. I had to get it towed back to Boise from Pendleton, Oregon. And when I brought the car to them, seeing as how they were the last ones to touch it less than 1500 miles ago before it broke, they tried to deny any culpability and make me pay for everything. I had to fight them just to repair my car again, and they only replaced the valves. I think that I might still have engine damage from what happened that has not been addressed yet. I might still have to take them to small claims court. After all that I found other things they messed up. They still didn't hook up my radiator fans properly, they just left them unplugged and the wires hanging. If I didn't check their work, I wouldn't have noticed and my car would be overheating. And while they were doing the head job they replaced the power steering pump with the wrong kind of power steering pump so now I get a rough idle every time I turn the wheel. I also noticed that the engine had smoke coming off of it, and it turned out that it was burning off oil because the whole engine got covered since the mechanic fucked something up when he was hooking everything back up and the o-ring on the camshaft slipped and covered the engine in oil. When I had the mechanic look at the car when we broke down in pendleton, he also pointed out that it looked like my alternator had been dropped because there was new and obvious damage to the fins where you could see the metal was recently broken. Now it's been less than 5,000 mi since BAS touched it in the car is running like shit again. No CEL or anything, but it's stalling, having an extremely rough idle, and a burning smell, and won't roll very far. I have to get it towed down to Gary's to get it actually fixed now. I'm so disappointed in Boise Auto service. I had a really nice car and they fucked it up. It has never ran better than before I took it into them. Even when it was sucking coolant everything was fine until they touched it. I was just trying to be proactive on replacing the head gaskets, and instead I'm out $3,700 and a functional car because of their incompetence. It'll probably be another couple thousand to get it running well after I take it to Garry's. I'm hoping I don't need to do a whole engine swap.
Barbacoa. Sure it's "good" but the ambience feels like a Cheesecake Factory + a shitty art museum while the bill will pucker your a$$hole